Evaluation of a synthetic vertebral body
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Gladius Lewis; Jeffrey D. Schwardt; Thomas A. Slater; Si Janna
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Article
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2008
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract Screening of augmentation materials for use in balloon kyphoplasty (BKP) may be carried out using vertebral bodies (VBs) prepared from fresh cadaveric or animal model spines, but this approach has many drawbacks. Alternatively, a validated synthetic VB augmentation model may be used. In